May 06, 2024  
2020-2021 College Catalog 
    
2020-2021 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Business Administration

  
  • BSAD 1010 - Consumer Problems

    3 credit(s)
    Investigation of the rights and responsibilities of the consumer, analysis of the social forces affecting consumer decisions, and identification of guidelines for the selection of goods and services. To assist a student in gaining practical advice for making their own consumer choices. To assist a student in becoming familiar with the laws and regulations for consumers.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1050 - Introduction to Business

    3 credit(s)
    An introductory study and overview of the role of business in society as well as a discussion of the various disciplines of business including an overview of business organization, management, marketing, human resource management and finance. Also a study and discussion of various strategies for success of specific public and private firms as well as small business. Business vocabulary used to understand and interpret business news and information.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1360 - Personal Financial Planning

    3 credit(s)
    A study and application of the steps required in the personal financial planning process including budgeting, tax planning, insurance, investments, retirement planning, and estate planning. A personal or family financial plan will be developed.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1410 - Sales Techniques

    3 credit(s)
    The art of motivating and communicating the sale is developed using a multiple step technique. Emphasis is placed on career opportunities and the skills necessary for the successful sales professional.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1520 - Introduction to Project Management

    3 credit(s)
    Designed for construction students to introduce construction law, project scheduling, and business planning. Students will gain an understanding of the essential skills necessary to run a construction business.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1570 - Business Legal Issues and Ethics

    3 credit(s)
    This is a survey course covering the legal and ethical aspects of business decision making. This course will introduce students to legal issues that managers and entrepreneurs face. Students will develop an enhanced capacity to think, act and lead ethically. They will learn how to identify their core values and recognize ethical dilemmas through theory and real life applications.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 1920 - Leading & Motivating

    3 credit(s)
    Leadership skills, teamwork, team building techniques, employee relations and confrontational management will be covered.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2010 - Managerial Communication

    3 credit(s)
    Overview and analysis of communication process in organizations. Application of oral and written communication principles and strategies to managerial situations.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2170 - Applied Statistics

    3 credit(s)
    Prerequisite (taken before): MATH 1140 Intermediate Algebra , MATH 1170 - Pre-Statistics  OR appropriate test score.
    The course is an introduction to basic probability and statistical methods that are used in a wide variety of disciplines. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability foundations, probability distributions, sampling distributions, methods of statistical inference, and bivariate relationships.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2200 - Introduction to Business Law

    3 credit(s)
    This is a survey course covering the legal aspects of business decision making. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of our legal system and introduce them to many legal issues that managers and entrepreneurs face. The course relies on the development and use of legal logic to understand laws and cases, as well as to recognize the need for professional counsel.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2410 - Advertising

    3 credit(s)
    This course gives students a basic understanding of the advertising and promotion management process. This includes the agency/client relationship, development of advertising objectives, promotional strategies, message execution, media selection, budgeting and integration of advertising with the other elements of the promotional and marketing mixes.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2450 - International Business

    3 credit(s)
    Prerequisite (taken before):   
    The significant role of multinational corporations in the expansion of business on an international scale. Topics include the economic, social, cultural, legal, political and regulatory environment required for developing a global marketing strategy and plan. The student will learn the framework of international marketing, the field of international business, and environmental factors affecting international markets.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2510 - Supervisory Management

    3 credit(s)
    A survey of the basic functions of a manager’s job–planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It helps students assess and build their own management skills in decision making, disciplining, appraising, team building, motivating, leadership, and focuses on the environment in which today’s supervisors must effectively operate.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2520 - Principles of Marketing

    3 credit(s)
    A study of the development of an effective marketing program including consumer behavior, product, pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2540 - Principles of Management

    3 credit(s)
    Introduction to management theory and practice for supervisors of employees or managers of organizations. Functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and supervising. New and rapidly developing areas of management.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2560 - Information Systems in Management

    3 credit(s)
    This course focuses on the understanding and the use of various information systems including technology tools which include: productivity and collaboration applications, networking, and knowledge management to apply to business situations.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2580 - Consumer Behavior

    3 credit(s)
    Prerequisite (taken before):   
    A study of human behavior as it affects buying decisions. The marketing concepts of product positioning, segmentation, brand loyalty, shopping preference and diffusion of innovations are considered in context with the environmental, ethical, multicultural and social influences on an increasingly diverse American consumer.
    Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0
  
  • BSAD 2900 - Business Administration Capstone

    1 credit(s)
    Review and research of topics previously studied. The course includes the student’s final assessment to complete the business administration degree program. All required courses for the Business Administration Specialization in the AAS degree must be completed or taken concurrently to register for this course.
    Contact Hours: Class- 15 Practical Lab- 0 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0